DER Documentary

Born Into Struggle

Filmmaker Rehad Desai takes us on an intimate journey mapped out by the
scars etched into his family's life from having a father who was intensely
involved in politics. Barney Desai was a political hero during South
Africa's struggle for freedom, yet as a father he was damagingly absent
emotionally. Rehad spent most of his young life in exile and became
politically active himself. On this intensely personal journey into his
past, Rehad realizes he is following in his fathers footsteps as he reviews
his relationship with his own estranged teenage son.